Roots of Van Dort Series Part III

In a separate fact-find regarding emigrants to New York and America, there is this genealogy about the "families that settled in New Netherlands, between 1623 and 1664 came primarily from northern Europe. They are of many ethnic origins including: Dutch, Flemish, French, German, Scandinavian and English along with a few from Prussia, Poland, Italy, Scotland etc."

Listed in the A-Z names of families is only one Van Dort going by the name of Van Dort Cornelius. The page link to Van Dor Cornelius provides his details as follows:

|Cornelius &ltHendrick> Van Dort (Rn=8990)
| d: 15 Sep 1655
| Occupation: Caper (sailor): Boat Builder
| Residence: 1 Dort, Netherlands
| Residence: 2 New Amsterdam
| m: to Magdalena &ltDirck> Folkert Van Dort/Rosenkranz (Rn=8989) 24 Oct 1652
| 1 child
| Note:1 Emigrant &lt1652 from Dort to New Amsterdam.
| Note:2 Killed by Indians in 1655.
| Source: 1 Record: Apr 1910 pg 11
| Source: 2 Early Settlers of Bushwick by Andrew J Provost; Jr pg 98

Note particularly that Cornelius Van Dort residence in his native land is Dort. His wife Magdalena too is listed as an emigrant from Dort. The years that affect both Cornelius and Magdalena is in the mid 1600 which is close to Patriarch Cornelius Jansz Van Dort as a young man.

Patriarch Cornelius Jansz Van Dort arrived in Ceylon in 1700. He must have been at earliest of age 20 to have left the Netherland. It could have been at later age because sea voyages in his times was still considered fraught with many dangers. Give and take, it would have been somewhere in the 1670's or 1680's that the Patriarch Cornelius was born in Utrecht. That would have placed him as coming from the next generation following this report of Van Dort Cornelius who emigrated to America.

From other readings it is also noteworthy that it that period of Dutch history, the names given to the children often took after their parents or previous generation or beloved departed siblings and relatives.

Having said this, it is not to be misconstrued that it alludes that Patriarch Cornelius Jansz Van Dort as being the son or the immediate blood relativeof Van Dort Cornelius. There is nothing
that points to that being a proven fact or supported with evidence. 

However, the time frame and coincidence is overwhelms.

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